Fun, colourful and engaging resources created over 17 years experience as a primary school teacher. Please have a look at my free and premium resources and let me know what you think. If you like my resources, 'follow me' to find out when more become available. The more followers, the merrier!
Fun, colourful and engaging resources created over 17 years experience as a primary school teacher. Please have a look at my free and premium resources and let me know what you think. If you like my resources, 'follow me' to find out when more become available. The more followers, the merrier!
A 43 page Power Point presentation and 9 activities to use with your new class at the start of the new school year or on transition day.
Slides include:
Would You Rather questions
Find A Friend game
Conversation Starters
Thoughts on new school year
School Tweets activity
If you like this, you might also be interested in Back to School for KS1 and KS2
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Make the most of those fidget spinners and use them to help with your children's phonics. Use them for daily phonics exercises, assessment or as an intervention.
Included in this pack:
Fidget Spinner Phonemes - Phase 3, 4 and 5
Fidget Spinner Phonics Words - Phase 3, 4 and 5
Fidget Spinner Tricky Words - Phase 3, 4 and 5
Fidget Spinner Alien Words
You might also be interested in Phase 5 Teaching Pack and Phase 3 Teaching Pack</>
Why not have a go at Fidget Spinner Maths
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A bumper pack of alphabet activities for children to recognise letters of the alphabet and to identify upper and lower case letters.
Pack includes:
26 page Alphabet Book
26 page Alphabet Colouring
26 page Alphabet Find and Colour
26 Alphabet Playdough Mats
26 page Dictionary Sheets
26 page Letter Sort
Magnetic Letter sheet - capitals
Magnetic Letter sheet - lower case
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A pack of 15 fun summer writing activities to keep everyone amused on those hot days summer days!
The pack includes:
Word Mat
Summer Writing Frames
Acrostic Poem templates
3 things to do this Summer
Noisy Seaside Poem
Summer Senses worksheet
Summer Vowels worksheet
Summer Sounds worksheet
Summer Alphabet worksheet
Summer Bucket List
You might also be interested in Transition Day Resources and Transition Day Power Point</>
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A set of 13 Phase 3 Word Sort worksheets. Each worksheet encourages children to read the word and then match it to the correct phoneme.
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A set of 9 Phase 5 Word Sort worksheets. Each worksheet encourages children to read the word and then match it to the correct phoneme.
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A bright and colourful cursive alphabet - ideal for displaying in your classroom. Try printing 4 to a page to make useful flashcards.
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A set of 7 worksheets using the Phase 3 phonemes to create Alien names. Children need to colour the Alien which matches the corrcet phoneme. Ideal for Phonics Check practise.
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A set of 15 handwriting practice worksheets ideal for use in the classroom, homework activities or as part of home learning. Letters are in dots or pale grey for tracing.
This pack includes:
Tracing Lines worksheet
4 Standard print alphabet handwriting worksheets
4 Capital Letters alphabet handwriting worksheets
4 Cursive Letters alphabet handwriting worksheets
2 Numbers and Shapes worksheets
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This pack includes a Maths and Spag assessment for each year group from Year 1 to Year 5. The pack includes:
Maths assessment per year group
Spag assessment per year group
Answer sheet for each assessment
Analysis sheet for each assessment
Class score sheet
Notes about using the assessments.
These assessments are clear and fuss-free, they are intended to show gaps in learning and help you identify which areas to cover.
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A week long unit based on The Twits to use during Whole Class Reading. Ideal for KS2.
Resources include:
Teaching Plan including assessment opportunities
National Curriculum Objectives
Examples of text
Thoughts and Ideas on Whole Class Teaching
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A week long unit based on Danny the Champion of the World to use during Whole Class Reading. Ideal for KS2.
Resources include:
Teaching Plan including assessment opportunities
National Curriculum Objectives
Examples of text
Thoughts and Ideas on Whole Class Teaching
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A fun pack to celebrate Father's Day. Suitable for KS1 and KS2.
The pack includes:
Father Acrostic Poem
Daddy Acrostic Poem
My Dad Apps
Recipe for a Perfect Dad
Father's Day Word Search
Similes About My Dad
My Dad worksheet
You might also find this All About Me resource useful.
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This pack contains a short extract and 5 comprehension activities ideal for EYFS and KS1. It also includes an answer page and EYFS and NC objectives covered.
Pages include:
Cloze Passage - fill in the gaps from the given extract
Sequencing - order the events
Multiple Choice Questions
Word Choices
Inference Questions.
Answer sheet
EYFS and NC Objectives
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This bundle contains 5 comprehension packs based on popular stories ( Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo, Five Minutes’ Peace, Peace at Last and Elmer) to teach comprehension skills in Reception or KS1.
Each pack contains a short extract and 5 comprehension activities ideal for EYFS and KS1. They also contain answer sheets and EYFS and NC objectives covered.
The activities include:
Cloze Passage - fill in the gaps from the given extract
Sequencing - order the events
Multiple Choice Questions
Word Choices
Inference Questions.
Answer sheet
EYFS and NC Objectives
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A week long unit based on George’s Marvellous Medicine to use during Whole Class Reading. Ideal for Years 3 and 4.
Resources include:
Teaching Plan including assessment opportunities
National Curriculum Objectives
Examples of text
Thoughts and Ideas on Whole Class Teaching
Can be used in conjunction with George’s Marvellous Medicine Comprehension found at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-comprehension-george-s-marvellous-medicine-12618111
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A week long unit based on Aliens Love Underpants to use during Whole Class Reading. Ideal for Reception or Year 1.
Resources include:
Teaching Plan
National Curriculum Objectives
Examples of text
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A week long unit based onStick Man to use during Whole Class Reading. Ideal for Reception or Year 1.
Resources include:
Teaching Plan
National Curriculum Objectives
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This bundle contains 20 week long units to teach Whole Class Reading in Reception or Year 1. Each unit contains a plan, a PowerPoint for each lesson, NC objectives and tips on how whole class reading could work for you. Each pack also contains a link to a Read Along verison of the story on my YouTube channel.
Books include:
Elmer, Five Minutes’ Peace, Funnybones, Handa’s Surprise, Jasper’s Beanstalk, Not Now, Bernard, Owl Babies, Peace at Last, The Rainbow Fish, Aliens Love Underpants, Room on the Broom, Stick Man, Superworm, The Gruffalo, Zog, A Squash and A Squeeze, The Highway Rat, The Smartest Giant in Town, The Snail and the Whale and The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.
